UrFU Is Included in 4 out of 5 QS Subject Rankings

03:30, February 27, 2019

Ural Federal University is among top-10 universities in Russia in most subjects

Ural Federal University has been ranked in four out of five subject areas in the latest QS World University Rankings 2019 by subject.

‘We show great performance in the subjects, which were funded by the competitiveness enhancement program of the Project 5-100, and earlier - by the development program,’ says Victor Koksharov, the Rector of Ural Federal University. ‘These investments were necessary to support the work of our scientists and provide the conditions for academic research.’

According to the Rector, the subject areas in which UrFU staff has achieved worldwide recognition coincide with the priorities of the university reflected in the national projects it participates in: Materials Science, Power Engineering, New Manufacturing Technology. In a number of subject areas Ural Federal University is included in 40% of the best universities in the world, and in the majority of them UrFU made it to the top-10 in Russia.

Experts note, that UrFU being included in the subject rankings Engineering & Technology (401-450) and Computer Science & Information Systems (551-600) confirms the high level of engineering research in the university. For the first time, UrFU made it to the group 451-500 in Chemistry, and the achievements of the researchers in Materials Science contributed to the university being included in the group 351-400 among thousands of educational institutions all over the world.

The leading university of the Ural Region maintained its position in the group 401-450 in Humanities, Social Sciences & Management, Physics and Astronomy. Mechanics, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering and Electrical & Electronic Engineering are also included in the same group. Moreover, UrFU also improved its position in Natural Sciences (+50 positions) reaching the group 401-450. Social Sciences and Management were ranked 451-500.